His performances in front of a global audience have proved to Ferdinand that the 24-year-old is an elite talent has every reason to believe that he can re-write the history books over the course of a goal-laden career – with Shearer’s record haul of 260 strikes in the English top-flight just one of the targets for a man who already has 108 efforts to his name.

“Harry Kane is up there with the best strikers in the world right now,” former Spurs frontman Ferdinand told Goal.

“There are very few better as he has it all – he scores with his right foot, left foot and head. He is probably the most complete No. 9 out there.

“If he stays free of injury then he could be the one to break Alan’s record.”

Chasing down domestic records must wait for now, with Kane’s focus at present locked on international matters.

Ferdinand said of the Egyptian forward and his chances of replicating a remarkable 44-goal haul from 2017-18: “To be called a great striker you have to be able to produce performances week in, week out.

“Mo Salah had a fantastic season last year, repeating that this coming season will be tough but he’s more than capable.

“Mo has now signed a new contract at Liverpool and at this moment think this is the right move for him.”